The summit will also give Putin the chance to appeal to Trump’s business interests. Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Kirill Dmitriev, a senior economic negotiator and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, are among those who accompanied Putin to Alaska.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are talking face-to-face to discuss what it would take to end the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky isn't present.